Tribal clashes hit supplies to NATO Forces
Bureau Report

PESHAWAR—Due to the closing of Pak Afghan highway supply of goods to Afghanistan has stopped and NATO Forces are facing severe shortage of food and oil in Afghanistan.
According to details all factories in Peshawar Industrial Estate have been closed for indefinite period due to the absence of workers, rocket attacks on Hayat Abad and growing tension between two warring groups.
President NWFP Chamber of Commerce has told in this regard that workers were not coming to industrial estate, which had to be closed due to law and order considerations. While in other side of the border due to the closing of Pak Afghan Highway land route Afghan citizens of border areas are confined in their cities.
NWFP chief minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has called for prompt action to contain the spread of violence into settled areas in aftermath of ongoing armed confrontation in Jamurd, Khyber Agency, as the unrest had created a severe panic among the residents of the bordering settled areas.
The clashes between two heavily armed groups have so far left many of people dead and it is feared the violence may spread into the nearby settled areas of Peshawar. Presided over by Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, the meeting which held at the Frontier House Peshawar on Thursday thoroughly discussed the situation in the settled areas after tension increased Jamrud.
NWFP chief secretary Sahibzada Riaz Noor, IG FC, home secretary, additional chief secretary FATA, CCPO Peshawar, DIG special branch police and other high ranking officials were present in the meeting. The meeting also discussed several proposals and suggestions for restoring peace in the troubled area.
During the meeting, NWFP chief secretary Sahibzada Riaz Noor briefed the participants in detail about the situation arise in the settled areas after clashes. He said the issue was basically related to FATA. However, he suggested the political administration should utilize all the available resources for resolving the matter inside the agency in order to protect the settled areas from the effects of the unrest.
Speaking on the occasion, Ameer Haider Khan expressed his concern over the situation and directed for concerted efforts to stop spreading violence into settled areas. He said his government would go all-out to maintain peace in the province and warned against disturbing law and order situation. Regretting the policies of the past regime, the chief minister said if timely action was taken against such matters the city of Peshawar would have no security threats today.
He directed the law enforcing agencies to take prompt security action in the areas between FATA and settled areas and also approved the construction of a strong boundary wall around the industrial estate, Hayatabad.
He said the wall should be built without any further delay and practical work should be initiated on its construction so that the industries and residents of the area could be provide protection against violent incidents in the bordering tribal areas.
Earlier, additional chief secretary FATA, briefed the meeting about the measures taken in Khyber Agency for restoration of peace and maintainence of law and order situation.
He told that an important meeting of the political agent, Khyber Agency and the regional coordination officer (RCO) was underway at the office of PA wherein a strategy for Friday action would be evolved to bring the situation under control.
IG FC in his address said that more than 24 security checkposts have been established in the areas between the settled areas and FATA. “12 mobiles use to patrol along the key roads and the area has been divided into four sectors to contain the spread of violence into bordering settled areas,” he added.